diff --git a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation.go b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation.go
index e9be23421a..1eba67c729 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation.go
@@ -666,12 +666,13 @@ func ValidateNodeGroup(i int, ng *NodeGroup) error {
 			return fieldNotSupported("kubeletExtraConfig")
 		}
 
-		if ng.AMIFamily == NodeImageFamilyBottlerocket && ng.PreBootstrapCommands != nil {
-			return fieldNotSupported("preBootstrapCommands")
-
-		}
-		if ng.OverrideBootstrapCommand != nil {
-			return fieldNotSupported("overrideBootstrapCommand")
+		if ng.AMIFamily == NodeImageFamilyBottlerocket {
+			if ng.PreBootstrapCommands != nil {
+				return fieldNotSupported("preBootstrapCommands")
+			}
+			if ng.OverrideBootstrapCommand != nil {
+				return fieldNotSupported("overrideBootstrapCommand")
+			}
 		}
 	} else if err := validateNodeGroupKubeletExtraConfig(ng.KubeletExtraConfig); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation_test.go
index 13a582d2d0..3b67d8dbf8 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation_test.go
@@ -1698,14 +1698,12 @@ var _ = Describe("ClusterConfig validation", func() {
 
 	Describe("Windows node groups", func() {
 		It("returns an error with unsupported fields", func() {
-			cmd := "start /wait msiexec.exe"
 			doc := api.InlineDocument{
 				"cgroupDriver": "systemd",
 			}
 
 			ngs := map[string]*api.NodeGroup{
-				"OverrideBootstrapCommand": {NodeGroupBase: &api.NodeGroupBase{OverrideBootstrapCommand: &cmd}},
-				"KubeletExtraConfig":       {KubeletExtraConfig: &doc, NodeGroupBase: &api.NodeGroupBase{}},
+				"KubeletExtraConfig": {KubeletExtraConfig: &doc, NodeGroupBase: &api.NodeGroupBase{}},
 			}
 
 			for name, ng := range ngs {